(Article by Fr. Beniz Gomes SAC) If we have to understand the depth of the meaning of the apostle, we need to look at Jesus. It is through Jesus, in Jesus, and with Jesus, that the apostle and catholic apostolate can be better understood. Jesus the apostle of the Eternal Father God the Father at the appointed time sent His only Son, to Shepherd His flock. The Father revealed His infinite love by sending His Beloved Son. St. Vincent Pallotti addressed Jesus as ‘The Apostle of the Eternal Father’. Jesus by His paschal mystery restored this grace of being beloved. Through Jesus, “The Father calls man and woman, first created in His image, and later restored by grace through Christ’s death, to give themselves entirely to God…We see in Jesus the perfection of our Father’s love for us”. Jesus has merited ‘supernatural kingship by which we obtain the right to become children of God and coheirs with Him’. This is an infinite privilege. As a beloved apostle; one has access to the very life...
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